Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23202, Nathan Dow, Conn.

SERVICE
How, Nathan
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S. 23202
CONTENTS

1802 New York
Nathan Dow
of Otsego in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Moseley of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dey in the Connecticut line for 21 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 70 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Jan'y 1833 — and in Mr. A. N. Angell A. J. R.
  Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832  $105    Semi-ann. allowance ending Apr '33  35         $140  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book D Vol. D Page 81
Certificate dated and ret d to B. Richards 75 Maiden Lane N. York 9 June '34.
D. Jan'y 27. 1844. Spence Book

In the matter of Nathan Dow for a pension
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admitted
21 mo. private
70
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Otsego Land Pleas      Of the term of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
State of New York, County of Otsego p. On this 16 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common pleas of the County of Otsego now sitting Nathan Dood a resident of Hisfield in the County of Otsego and State of New York aged seventy one years and upward who being first duly sworn according to law deposits on his oath that the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following names of officers and served as herein stated -
That he entered the service of the United States at Voluntown Windham County and State of Connecticut in December 1776. in a company of militia commanded by Lieutenant Oliver Campbell Ensign Benjamin Dood. That he marched from Voluntown with said company as a volunteer to a place called Point Judith Point, in the State of Rhode Island and continued at said place doing duty in said company for three months. That during said time there was no other troops lay at point Judith Point except the company to which he belonged. That said company kept guard during the time aforesaid
That the said Nathan Dood in the month of April 1777 again entered the service of the United States in the Connecticut State troops for six months in a company commanded by Captain Moody Ensign Wylly as an enlisted soldier. That said company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Ely. Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Arad. When Christian names he has now forgotten -
That he marched with said company

from Volantown when he enlisted to New London When he joined the Regiment aforesaid and remained there about six weeks When he marched with said Company and Regiment to Providence in the State of Rhode Island and from Providence to Tiverton and from Tiverton to a place called Little Compton. East of Newport, and remained there about two or three weeks. When he returned with said company and Regiment to Providence and New London and from there to Norwalk in the State of Connecticut and this Regiment was there taken sick with the measles and was confined there for about six weeks. That this Regiment was hereby discharged at Norwalk in November or December 1777 by Lieutenant Colonel Arrows of said Regiment. That while this Regiment was sick at Norwalk he understood that Colonel Ely & Colonel Webb of the Continental Regiment had been taken prisoners and carried to New York. That this Regiment served in said Company and Regiment during the last engagement at least six months.
That he again entered the Service of the United States about the first of January 1778. by enlisting in a company of Militia or State Troops at Volantown aforesaid for three months. Which company was commanded by Captain Asa Kenney & Lieutenant Andrew Edwards.
That he marched from Volantown with said Company to Providence, & from Providence to Bristol, When he was attached to a Regiment commanded at that time by Major Ripley. and remained there doing duty in said Company and Regiment for three months and was hereby discharged at Bristol on the first day of April 1778.

That he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in a company of militia commanded by Captain John Dizon on or about the 1 st of April 1780 That he marched from Volanton to Monmouth with said company to Fort Grimaldi on the East side of the River Hudson and remained there doing duty in said company at least five months. - That while he was at Fort Grimaldi there was a company of Continental troops there commanded by Captain Latham, Lieutenant Scaggard, Lieutenant Dewitt & Ensign May. - That there was no General or field officers at the fort during the time of his engagement, That he was discharged at the fort and returned home to Volanton, Middlesex County about the fifteenth day of September 1780.
That he was frequently in the service of the United States after the return from Fort Grimaldi as a volunteer but the number of times he was out and under the officers and for what length of time he can not state with much accuracy. - That he was in Rhode Island with the Army and in the Battle fought by General Sullivan and retreated from the Island to the Main land at Howland's Ferry. But in whose company he can not now say this was in 1778 after he returned home from his three months tour under Capt. Dizon and he thinks in August of that year.
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person

Where testimony can be procured who can testify to his services -
1 st That he was born at Wolaston  Worcester County and State of Massachusetts , March 20 th 1781 -
2 That he has a record of his age in his family bible -
That he resided in the Town of Wolaston , in the County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts when first called into service, and served there until 1802 when he moved to the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Bristol N.Y. where he has since resided.
That he was called into service as set forth in his application.
That the names of the officers who were with the troops when he served, such continental and militia regiments as he can recollect, and the general circumstances of his service is also set forth in his application.
That he never received a written discharge from the service -
And he refers the court to the Reverend Job Potter, and Daniel Patchin to whom he is indebted in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for morality and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
Wherefore he humbly relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name

is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Nathan Dows Horace Lathrop Clerk.
We Job Potter a clergyman residing in the Town of Otsego in the County of Otsego and Daniel Patchin residing in Resfield in said County of Otsego hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathan Dows who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about one year of age that he is united and blessed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Job Potter Daniel Patchin Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid Horace Lathrop Clerk.
And the said court do hereby certify their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Job Potter who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the Town of Otsego and the County of Otsego
enclosing

and that Daniel Paton who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Richfield in the County of Otago and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
J. O. Moss
Judge
E. Frost
J. Page
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otago do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Dow for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 19 th day of October 1832
Horace Lathrop
By J. R. Cory Deputy

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BRIEF in the case of Nathan Dow,  of Allego County in the State of New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
a Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71. Years.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     While after Jan after In 1776 3 — private Lieut. Genl. Campbell   1777 at least 1 — do. Capt. Moseby — Col. Sby   1778 3 — do. Capt. A. H. Henny. Major Kirby   1780 at least 5 — do. Capt. J. D. Rees —   at various times cannot state with accuracy do. Officers not recollected  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Talntown
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Windham County Connecticut.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditional Evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
no.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

See Sur. File 23,202, Nathan Dow, born March 20, 1761, at Voluntown, Connecticut, where he enlisted December, 1776, and served 1 year and 5 months under Captains Moseley, Asa Kenny, and John Dixon, and Colonel Ely, in the Connecticut troops.
In 1832 he resided at Richfield, New York. He died January 27, 1842.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nathan Dow , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. L. 23,202
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1776 3 mos. Lt. Moses Campbell Conn.   Apr. 1777 6 mos. Capt. Moseley Ely.   June 1, 1778 3 mos. Asa Kenney Maj. Ripley   Aug. 1, 1778 5 mos. John Dixon          
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fort. Voluntown, Conn.
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, March 20, 1761 Voluntown Conn.
Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Fra.
James S. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington, City
My No Date to Certificate

New York 6 th June 1834.
James S Edwards Esq r
Sir,
As attorney for Mr. Nathan Dorr, for the collection of his pension, in this city, I presented this day, his papers, for that purpose, to the agent for paying pensions in this City, but could not obtain the money, on account of there not being any date in the certificate.
I have therefore taken the liberty of sending it to you, for the purpose of having the date inserted. And by so doing you will oblige
Very Respectfully
Your Obed t Serv t
Delavan Richards.
No 75 Maiden Lane N York.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Nathan Dorr , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec 1776 3 mos Pvt. Isaac Campbell not stated Conn.   Apr. 1777 6 " " Moseley Ely "   Jan. 1778 3 " " Asa Canning Ripley "   Apr. 1780 6 " " John Nixon not stated "  
Battles engaged in, none men. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Voluntown, Conn. Date of application for pension, Oct. 16, 1832 Residence at date of application, Richfield, Otsego Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, 71 years. Remarks: This pen. was all'd for 21 mos. actual service
Very respectfully,
Gaiillard Hens.  State Dept.  Washington D.C.
Commissioner.

There are no records on file in the War Dept. of Col. Ethan Allen's Reg't Green Mountain Boys.

S. 23,202 Conn.
Nathan Dow born in 1761 died in 1842. He was enrolled with the Green Mountain Boys, and marched with Col Ethan Allen to Ticonderoga.
Delight Ranum Keller - Chairman New York State Committee Historic Sites, D.A.R.
To Mrs. M.M. Hatch South Columbia, N.Y. Her letter Sept 15, 1911. rec'd " 19 "

MAR 3 1894
PENSION OFFICE U.S. MAR 3 1894
GENERAL SOCIETY
Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page.

Brk. Col. GENERAL SOCIETY.
Department of State -
Washington, D. C. Mar. 2 1894.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
Nathan Dow received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary war. He was from New York, Connecticut, or Vermont. Can you furnish me with his record? He was not an officer, as Heitmann's Register does not contain his name. I will return it a great favor if you will have search made.
Very respectfully yours,
Guillard Hunt,
Historian Son of the Rev. in the Dept. of Columbia

Reenlistment
23202 INVALID.
Mch. 29/94 Amil. Plur. to Gaillard Hunt State Reps. Washington H.C. & 1911 Sept. 22, to Mrs. M.M. Hatcher
File No. 23,202
Nathan Dow
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 92 n
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 110
[Arrangement of 1870.]